Archive | January, 2016

No one wants to root for the evil bully who is constantly compared to Beelzebub, but that’s exactly what Loretta Chase makes the reader do in her book which is often debated as one of the best romance books of the modern era. Anne Stuart, who has written more than 100 romance novels herself, calls […]

In it’s back-cover description, The Cutting Season by Attica Locke is described as “a thoughtful meditation on how America reckons it’s past with it’s future.” Sure, I definitely got that from this book. The Cutting Season tells the story of a Louisiana plantation manager who finds herself stuck in the middle of a murder investigation […]

Why do you love to read? It’s a question often asked by my non-reading friends (of which I don’t have many), and the answer is simple: my parents loved to read. As a child, I can remember my mother and father both taking time to read nearly every day. My mother seemed to enjoy quick-read […]

Dark Horse was the first book I’ve ever read by Tami Hoag, and I definitely enjoyed it. The story begins with an emotionally and physically broken ex-police detective who is simply trying to get through each and every day. In order to do so, she’s turned to horses. As an adoptee of a very wealthy […]

My daughter has been introduced to the world of Dolly Parton. To be fair, she’s been receiving free books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for quite some time, but it wasn’t until yesterday that she asked me who Dolly Parton actually IS. She asked me after seeing a large photo of Dolly on the back […]

I’m not a big book re-reader. In fact, I’ve said so before right here on this very blog: Before now, I’ve only re-read one book. Ever. Last year, I read a book that changed my mind about re-reading. I wrote about it here at Novel Mom back in March, and I’m sticking with my sentiments […]